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biography
Lauren Lipton is the author of two novels, It's About Your Husband (2006) and Mating Rituals of the North American WASP (2009). She is also a freelance journalist who specializes in style, business and trend stories.
She is currently fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor at ForbesWoman magazine. She has also contributed features on society and media to the New York Times Sunday Styles section. A former Wall Street Journal staff writer, she reported on copycat brides who steal their friends' wedding ideas, pajama parties for grown women, and luxury homes with his-and-hers garages.
Her work also has appeared in Ladies' Home Journal, In Style Weddings, Martha Stewart Weddings, Best Life, Conde Nast Portfolio, Glamour, Marie Claire, Fit Pregnancy and Working Mother; on Forbes.com and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She began her career at the Los Angeles Times.
Born in Providence, R.I., Lauren grew up in the North County of San Diego and in Los Gatos, Calif., before moving to Los Angeles. She holds a bachelor's degree in English and anthropology from Occidental College and a master's degree in print journalism from the University of Southern California.
She lives with her family in New York City and in Litchfield County, Conn.
read more
New York Times profile, April 30, 2009
Vanity Fair Culture & Celebrity blog, April 21, 2009
podcasts
WNYC: The Elements of Style (at about 3:15 into the program), April 16, 2009
Blog Talk Radio, July 10, 2009